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ed "A despatch fom' 'Obtaws Dri of ths Soe eoot oF Jon oO 8 bled in' the comme ns a {day by Hon. A: Bs Ariemnh gives the average daily s be! the Canadian penitentiarie tario "bran, $10.50, in utd, and shorts, $22.50 ---- COUNTRY PRODUCE. pplos---Sors, $4.50 to: $5,503 ada, $4 to $4.76; Greenings, {to oN No. & assorted, $3.50 sans--Oar "Jota, $1.60 to $1.30, small ots, $1:80 to $1.90 Extracted, in tins, 10ito cotnb, wholesale, per doen ; No. ¢ comb, br Bedi or 75 to $1.85 per dozen. "Baled Hay--No. "1 at $12.50" cemetery | $13.50 on. track, and No. 2 at $10 p cholera to, $11. be! : Baled Btraw~$6.50 to 87, on ms | brack, Toronto. on of the 2 otatoes--Car lots 65 t6 700! per | bas. Poultry--The receipts are, fairly {tiberal, Whalesale prices ofdress- ed poultry--Chickens, 12 to: 12%¢ | per 1b. ; AA 9 to 10c per 1b, ; ducks 18 to ldo per 1b.; turkeys, 17 to 180 per 1b, and geese, 120 per 1b. Live, 1 to 90 less. ns THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter--Dairy prints, 28 to 23¢; in {do.; tubs, 21 to ; inferior, 18 to 196, Creamery, 26 4. to 27¢ per lb. for Salis, 2 to 2850 for solids, and lor separator prints. his fail-| Eggs--Case lots of pickled, 26 to 27¢; cold storage, 26 to 27¢; select- Ted, "80 to 3le, and strictly new-laid, ) 36 to 37c per dozen. * COheese~Large, 12%e¢, and 'twins at 1240. iin White, the HOG PRODUCTS, "hes sailed. from "America for| Bacon--Long clear," 13 to 13%o Sa or with $100,000 | ju prises, per 1b. in'case lots; 'mess pork, #24 to Sa.00, short out, $26 to $26.50. Hams---Light = to medium, 16 to ae 3 do., heavy, 15 to 15)4¢; rolls, to 180 shoulders, 19¢; break. Fog fie 18 to 18)40; hacks (pea : gon, 18 40 h- Taki ri Rarost, | lois: 'tubs, 1 BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Deo: 6:=Osts ~~ No. 8 | Canadian Western, 30) to 89%¢3 os ans feed; 2m to: 890; No. i ta 38%; No. 2 local white, ra : No. 3 lo sal h re 81%¢6 Go No, 4 local white yO 48to 6550; A parley barle {41 to. 4730. Flour--~Manitoba ing the last fiscal 'yepr. as 1824; a8 { compared iy 1625 .in the previ: us; year, 1407, 'a decade ago. ahs are submif Nad 0s * oh fof the: 1859 "convicts he 'constitute the penitentiaries population of the Dominion, 1392 were born in Citi Great. Britain, or other Brit- ish countries. Canada heads the list with 1071, the other gountries ranking 8s fol: lows +England 208, Yreland 50, Scot- land 39, other countries 24. Of the foreign-born inmates of the peni- tentiaries, 184 ers born in the United States, 98.in Italy, 36 in Austria, 36 in Russia, 33 in Ger- "to | many, 23 in France, 13 in Chiaa, and 45 in other countries. While the number' of forsign- born convicts generally = has in- creased from 14 per cent. in 1900, to 25 per cent. in "1910, those born in the United States have increased less than 2 per cent., and still con- stitute less than 10 per cent. of the penitentiaries' population, show that | bieuiodut 1 Erb dan 183; ptist 72, Lutheran other denominations 91, Buddhist 17, Hebrew = 17, Unitarian '8, no dons were granted du the year, as compared with 244 paroles snd 14 pardons granted in the previ ous year. It is observed' by the parole officer that the result of the parole system continues to 'be sate isfactory. In this connection the opinion is expressed that the time has ariiv- ed when the oversight by the Do- minion parole officer should be re. stricted to those released from fed. eral institutions, Some of : the western province have already ap- pointed parole officers to look after the interests of prisoners from provincial jails 'and reforma. tories, and the view is taken that it would be but right for the east- ern' provinces to undertake the supervision of its prisoners. The gross expenditure on peni- * tentiaries for the year was $536,328 and the net revenue was $45,686, from $7.35 to $7.40 a owt. ; steers, de' to bY{o; cows, 3c to do; bulls, 81-3 to 3%0} sheep, 470; "lambs, $6 to $6.10, and calves, $4 to $9. Toronto, Des: 6.--Bome bulls were bought at $5 per owt. ; butcher gattle, best heifers about $5.85 a owt. ; general run, $5 to $5.50; com. mon, $4.50 to $4.90; 'medium cows good cows, all the way from $3.- 50 to.@6 ; bulls;:8.60 to 84:80. Short. keép febders $5.15 to 85.25; goad feedéts at $470 to $4.00, and stopkers at. $4 to 84.65. Milch cows and springers $65 Up. Sheep ewes were quoted at $4.50 to $4.60; and rams at $3 to $3.50. "Hogs se- "lected, fed and watered at the mar- ket, were $6.85 a cwt., the most representative value, and $6.50 f.0.b. at country points. FOR MOUNTAIN GRADES. C. Bi RB. Orders Five More Now Type Locomotives to be Built. A despatch from Montreal says: 'I The huge 130-ton locomotive we cently built at the Angus shops as an experimental #'pusher" * the {| heavy grades onthe Rocky Moun. 2 tains hag moved such'a success that PR. management has or- iv more locomotives of the same type to be built for delivery early next year. These locomo= tives will be adopted as the stands ard for this heavy mountain work. Their hauling capacity is twice that of the ordinary locomdtive. Sr en en FISHING FLEET DISASTER, Supposed Loss of Fifteen Fishor : men Of Charleston. A despatch | from "Charleston, South Carolina, says: Fifteen fish- ermen are supposed to have been drowned © Charleston, their smacks having been missing for several days. A report says a smack was sighted floating hathom upward on Wednesday. FARMER BURNED TO DEATH. Prince Edward County Man Perishe ed When Barn Took Fire. A despatch trom Picton fayst A wealthy farmer, Phillip C."Dul- mage, a bachelor, of Cherry Valley, five miles from here; was burned to death in his barn 'early on Thure- day morning, along with a mum- ber of cattle, horses and $he sea- son's crop. Deceased was about 60 years of age. Stimulated Other Owners despatch from Cobalt says: considerable attention has ioe | been given to Shaw, Langmuir, De- lore and other townships in the doe "{serye, stimulated through Burns finds, in ke Gode-, pint Sno s.3 Shas aie